General Information
Other name(s): | New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; The East River Arch Bridge |
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Beginning of works: | 1912 |
Completion: | 3 April 1916 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Through arch bridge Truss arch bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
Location: |
Queens, New York, New York, USA The Bronx, New York, New York, USA |
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Crosses: |
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See also: |
Hell Gate Bridge Bronx Kill Span (1916)
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Coordinates: | 40° 46' 57" N 73° 55' 19" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
main span | 298 m | |
total length | ca. 5.6 km | |
clearance | 41 m | |
arch | rise | 93 m |
tower | height | 76 m |
Quantities
structural steel | 39 200 t |
Materials
arches |
steel
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Participants
Design
- Gustav Lindenthal (chief engineer)
- Henry Hornbostel (consulting architect)
- David B. Steinman (assistant engineer)
- Othmar Ammann (assistant to chief engineer)
Steel construction
Site supervision
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 64-65. (1997):
- Bridges. A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 978-0316507943, pp. 66-67. (2017):
- Bridges. The Spans of North America. 2nd edition, W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 328. (2002):
- Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 94-95. (1993):
- The Bridges of New York. Dover Publications Inc., Mineola (USA), pp. 58-65. (2000):
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000036 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
28/07/2019